The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1887-06-24
The Yankee sIoop Proves a Good
Rough Weather Boat.
Two other English Cutters Also Bad
Iy Beaten.

corr, ,,ost,,o,,oments os 49, ..SOes
S"is many poSspon0s9o VI tlle aiihual re-
gatta OF the Eastern YACHT Club, it was
sailed today. there being enough wind this
mornino to make the race noss,,Io Tha
oinins W niaAe w iace possible. Inc
chief interest was IN the contest between
the Msyflower and Galatea, of the first-class
sloonS. batwaan tbe Sachan, ana rroo,,o;s
sorn,os, AZ" T,,,;a, of tha g.. ~ -.oSuO.'
eormerly the Juliab oi the nrst-class schoon-
ers; and between the cutters Huron and
az la.ta, os oo runlish [ huilS - An'i' i'o"'i anu
snv w, .a'.si " Ensnsn ssu' SIN
Inc Mayfi0wer ana oacnem won easily in
their respective classes, the only thoroughly
GOOD oontost baing tho raoa ,,o.,,,oa,' ~
g. s. soDsS', DN ."se oce"oca ~. 'ne
oaenem ana lroquois. for the hrst fifteen
miles the Sachem was handled in a superb
manner. and was kept well IN tho xy;nduord
from the Start 70 tln f;nisb SbartIS1 "t.ar S,r
turning the FIRST stalxe-hobt tbn Iro5rnis's
maintonmast was carried away and the enar
and saii hnng down in the riggina % Son,o t!,,a
before thew eonid he cleared away THIS THIS
mishap DESTROYED anv chance that the Iro9
ouois NAV have had 10 win in bar o,sss ~,
II was the oninion of vachtsmen that tbe
Sachem wanid have won in anv avant 'aS aS
She was leading at the time of the accident NJ
and was outsailine her chief rival This
was the only mishan Of conseonence dprinS
the race
General recret WAS axnreesad that tno Pr
itan had wifRdrawn for as Laa,, n,,, inv ~,
promised many dnsirad ~ sao how p,om ma5
fare in contest wifi tbe Moran,,o mouid '',id
Galatea. The con6tion '3 of dbS npmrt pmritaa anu
botfom bowevar yvas sunb thet a. uiaean n,'..,n
Commodore Forbas did not deen ~ II s1,,;sa
BILE To have her sail the NOT lead and yarnish
having curled mn info yeritahls harnacias as
a result of bringing her Of the ways hefore
she was drv.
Alto O'clock the wind was blow;no from,
the southwest. AT velocity of nearly fortv
miles an honr' while ontsids trenssndonss aIos
sea was running. This gave nromise Of ro no
sport, and the harbor presented SCENE Of
remarkable activity vhan n yvos onnouroad ~
that the race would at last he sailed
At II O'clock there were Several soualls ~
wind and rain, while the sea outside had q
very ugly look. '>'
After ii O'clock or for the beginning of the
race to the finish there were ne less than n
dozen more or less violent storms of wind
and rain, making it one of the ssnastiest';
yachting days possible. but there was plenty
of excitement among yachtsmen and 4 great
deal of discomfort on the mart of the snecta-
tors on the steamers and other pleasnre
crafts. who followed the racing Yachts The
classes was from a point between M HaIfwav
Rock and the Judges boat achored half \
mile distant sonthwestarlv twelve m;las ~
the returning stake near Harding's hell
buoy, thence easterly twelve miles to 4 SINH
lar stake, thence to the starting point. The
sehooners of the third class and sloons of the
fourth class sailed to the Southwest trrninS
point and returned to the Starting line n dis,
tance of "a miles. '''-' '''
At 1890 O'clock. when the Yachts hogan IN
get under weigh for the starting noinf tbe
harbor was full Of crafts of ali 5ascrintionS me-
laden with spectators while the baa9iands,
and other points of VANTAGE were we'll COW
cred with humanity The (aIetea ,yas t,o
first boat To leave the harhor Sbortlr oftav
10 O'clock She pointed ont nnder mainssil
and iih beino fplIowed IN closa ord,. nasdi Ia. an
Mavtiower Shona Gitana 0lg1v Unro o1uos uy tne
Adrienne and others. 1A'''o'io"'
At 10 Ak o'clock the wind which hod haa,,
nifty for some tima nrav;ans 80 ~ Iii. MI.
at a velocity NJ ahont Sn miIa,s an ho,,r aS
all the single stickers excant Tho Gaiistao ano
housed their topmasts. while most of tbe
schooners took Similar nrecautions A. ~
O'Clock the warning signal rvaS g;von "a. and ~
the fleet hegan ma5pnSering sor eta.nrasia a,io
positions near the line AZ :, ~ oIooi th
signal was given from ne iodoa' .n9
boat, the Confidence. and FIVE minntsss later
a long whistle signalled the start The MAY
flower was first over the line at II a a. ha-
ing closely followed bv the Ironnois and
Ir0ouois Nv the GaIatea The othars oil s,nt
across within fine time limit and in tba ~
lowing order. Sachem Adrienne Sbadoy
and Shona. The Mayfiower crossed the
Starting line 10 the mort uD0ar maincnil
staysail and iib wkiIa the GaIatas hrSar ,Sar
similar sail With the afditiop ~ ,oririnl,
topsail. crossed to starhoard Sbortiv aftass
crossing the line IL was seen that tha %iav-
flower was rapidly working to the windward
and in a few moments he GeIataa eana
about and also stood on the mort tsclr AZ
10 O'clock. with the wind still bIowino mo- tb;rtv
knots an hour- the Mavaowar came ahort
for a long reach 10 starRaard and thasa 49,
ties were quickly adonteI Nv the the 'l Gaiates t
Both kent the sfarhoard tacis mill ahle ~
make the first tnrning noinf With anotbey s
tack to port f "''' "''O'i0i
In the meantime the Saeham vas ranidI,
reducing the lead obtained Nv the Iropnoiss
at the start. and was worlfino finaiv ~ the
windward. Before the last mort tacL taSysrd ard
the first turning stake was made hv a;ther
the Sachem had overbamled her rival and
passed her. Az this time y heavy sanall set sat
In and the mist was so heavy II u,os ;nnoS
sible TO trace the conrse Of the rest Of the
fleet. At 1920 O'clock the wind having
moderated. the Mayfiower sent un her tanes
mast and hoisted her woriring tonsail Tbe
Mavtlower turned tha f;rste stota a. ! aI
O'clock d. M. the Galataa foilnwing ~ : se
O'Clock. AS each Of the headers cama aro,,nI nm,
in turning the stake She was Sreeted With y
chorus of steam whistles from the vasSalS
that had collected Mt that noint Five min
utes after fnrning the Maygnwer ;;,s mn mn